Santa Rita’s Red Roses – Always
On May 22nd, the feast of the beloved 15th-c. Umbrian saint, Santa Rita di Cascia, I always take red roses... View article
Anne's Blog / History
Covid-19 Has Assisi’s Calendimaggio On Hold
May 5th, our second day of “liberation” from that full lockdown which has kept us all at home since March... View article
Corsa dei Ceri in Gubbio, May 15, 2020: Blue Iris and Friends’ Tributes
No glorious Corsa dei Ceri in Gubbio on May 15th, 2020. Annulled. Only three times in history has Gubbio’s Corsa... View article
In the Orvieto Duomo, a Homecoming
For over a century the majestic marble statues of the Apostles and beloved Orvieto patron saints were exiled from their... View article
In Assisi, Il Giorno della Memoria Touches All Ages
In Assisi, Il Giorno della Memoria (“the Day of Remembrance”) was not just one day this year but many. The city... View article
Parco Beverly Pepper: Linking Art and Nature in Todi
When asked to comment on the twenty works she’d donated to Todi, the ninety-seven year old sculptor, Beverly Pepper, had... View article
Don Aldo Brunacci, Righteous Gentile of Assisi
I couldn’t remember the exact location in Assisi’s cemetery of the burial vault of Clara Weiss, an Austrian Jewish refugee... View article
Perugia: Celebrating San Costanzo with Il Torcolo
On January 29th – the Feast of San Costanzo (Perugia’s first bishop and one of the town’s three patron saints)... View article
Giorno della Memoria: Assisi Remembers the Holocaust
All over Italy on January 27th, a myriad of events in the schools, theaters, and museums commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance... View article
In Rome, a School of Sardines in Piazza San Giovanni
On December 14th in Rome, we met our first Sardine heading up the escalator from the San Giovanni Metro stop.... View article
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